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What's the Next Big Restaurant?

Which of today's lesser-known eateries will be tomorrow's impossibly booked dining meccas? We analyze the patterns, interview the influencers, gauge the buzz and pick out the ascendant stars

Which of today's lesser-known restaurants will be tomorrow's impossibly booked dining meccas? Katy McLaughlin on Lunch Break analyzed the patterns, interviewed the influencers, gauged the buzz and picked out the ascendant stars.

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Katy McLaughlin

October 1, 2011

It's easy to identify the world's hottest restaurants: They come to your attention just as the possibility of ever snagging a seat in them begins to approach the likelihood of winning Mega Millions.

What's harder is picking out the restaurants that are careening into that stratospheric position held by the globe's top dining destinations. They're tricky, but not impossible, to spot—if you know what to look for.